In its latest entry in a series of posters threatening the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, an Islamic State (IS)-linked group depicts Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo being beheaded by IS fighters on a football field.

A pro-Islamic State (IS) group depicted Luzhniki Stadium, one of the sites of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in flames and Russian President Vladimir Putin and Portugal national team player Cristiano Ronaldo as IS prisoners.